Crease-retaining device for hats



Apr. 3, 1923.

. J. KORN GREASE RETAINING DEVIICE FOR HATS Filed July 29, 1920 INVENTOR'. disy .ZiZrM oiwugl w ATTORNEYSJ Patented Apr. 3, 1923.

U N l T S T JOSEPH KORN, OF NEWARK, NEW-JERSEY.,

GREASE-RETAINING DEVICE FOR HATS.

Application filed July 29, 1920. Serial No. 399,689.

To all whom i2- may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH KoRN, a ,citi- Devices for Hats; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will en able others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. This invention has reference, generally, to improvements in crease-retaining devices for hats; and, the present invention relates, more particularly, to a crease-retaining device of the general character hereinafter more fully set forth, the same being in the nature of an improvement over the invention set forth in a former application filed by myself on the eleventh day of October, 1919, and the serial number of which is 330,000, the present device which is to be applied inside the crown of a hat of'the creased or soft-crown-type being provided with improved retaining means for positively engaging the inner creased portion of the hat and preventing accidental and annoying displacement of'the crease-rotating device.

The present invention, therefore, has for its principal object to provide a novel and simply constructed device of the general character hereinafter more particularly set forth which will be as light as possible and inexpensive to manufacture, and is easily applied, the device being provided with'resilient engagement members or wings adapted to be located upon the opposite sides of the crease of the hat and being adapted to be compressed against the said sides of the crease, with a view of providing marginal retaining means which will positively engage the opposite surface-portions of the crease of the hat, so that the said crease-retaining device is not apt to work loose and drop OE; and, to prevent a distortive position of the device with relation to the crease body-portion of the hat.

These and other objects will be fully elaborated upon, and will be evident and more fully understood from the following detailed description of the present invention.

The said invention consists, primarily, in

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the general construction of crease-retaining device for hats hereinafter more fully set forth; and, the said invention consists, furtherinore, in the general arrangement and combination of the various parts of the said device, all .of which will be more fully described in the said specification, and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claims which are appended to, and which form an essential part of the said specification. f

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section of a creased hat showing in connection there with, and also in section, my novel crease- -retaining device in its engagement with the opposite surface-portions of the crease formed in the hat.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the creaseretaining device, detached I from the hat; Figure 8 is a bottom-edge view of the same; and Figure 4 is a central longitudinal vertical section of the crease-retaining device.

Figure 5 is a similar sectionalrepresentation of a crease-retalning device of a sllghtly =modified construction, but still embodying the prin'ciplesof the present invention.

Similar characters of reference are employed in the said above-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the said drawings, the reference-character 1 designates a soft-type hat, the upper portion ofwhich is inwaciidly ver this crease, upon the inside of the hat crown, is fitted the novel crease-retaining device 3, said device being'bent into U-shaped crosssection, substantially as illustrated in said 'Figure- 1 of the drawings, andthe said de vice showing one embodiment of the principles of the present invention. The said retaining device 3 which is usually made from relatively thin sheet metal, such as aluminum, but which may be made of any other suitable material, comprises a pair ofwings 4: which are oppositely placed, as shown, said wings being joined by a shorter central portion When placed within the hat, the device 3 is folded longitudinally of this short central portion 5, so as to bring the wings 4 against the inner side-portions 6 of the crease 2, substantially as shown in said Figure 1 of the drawings, and in which position the said device can be laterally squeezed, in the directions of the arrows indicated in said Figure the said wings 4, which adds stiffness to the device, by resisting the bending and buc kli-ng strains, and when in position prevent-s tearing or chafing of the cloth or other fabric at the edges of the clamping portions of the wings 4, as will be evident from an inspectionmore particularly of said Figure l of the drawings.

Suitable retaining means-in the form of inwardly projecting engaging and retaining lugs, as 9, may be suitably disposed upon the oppositely placed faces of the wings 4 to prevent the device from slipping or falling off, when the device has been pressed into its engaging and retaining position upon the inner creased portion 2 of the hat. In the many handlings of the hat by the person wearing the hat. the hat-crown receives considerable bending and distortion, and that although the device is provided with such retaining projections, as 9, still the clamping portions of the wings 4 will work loose.

To overcome this, I have provided the said wings 4 with the above-mentioned long marginal beads or folds, as 7 in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, or, as 8, in Figure 5; and to provide still more positively engaging clamping edges for said wings, which will not at all work loose or cause a distorted position of the crease-retaining device, each bead or fold 7 is made with a plurality of rows of retaining projections, one row of such projections, as 10, being disposed directly upon each convexed edge-portion of the device, located between the main part of a wing 4 and its bead 7, and the other row or rows of such projections, as 11, being disposed upon the oppositely facing portions of the respec tive beads or folds 7, all arranged substantially in the manner clearly represented in Figures 2. 3 and 4 of the drawings, the multiplicity of projections or points, when the device is pressed in place upon opposite sides of the crease 2, imbedding themselves variously in different positions in the fabric, as illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings, and

providing an increased clamping engagement of the wings 4 with the crease 2, as will be clearly evldent.

Of course, it will be understood, that while the construction and arrangement of the various parts illustrated in said Figures 1 to 4 inclusive is the preferred form, still I am aware that the general arrangement and combination of the various parts may be somewhat departed from without departing from the scope of the principles of the present invention. Hence, I do not limit my present invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the several parts as described in the foregoing specification, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

I claim 1- 1. A crease-retaining device for hats comprising a pair of wings joined by a central portion, said device being substantially U- shaped in cross-section so as to be adapted to embrace the crease of a hat, the edge-portion of each wing being bent around in the form of a roll, said rolls providing oppositely located and longitudinally extending marginal beads.

2. A crease-retaining device for hats comprising a pair of wings joined by a. central portion, said device being substantially U- shaped in cross-section so as to be adapted to embrace the crease of a hat, the edge-portion of each wing being bent around in the form of a roll, said rolls providing oppositely located and longitudinally extending marginal beads, combined with a continuous line of gripping portions projecting outwardly from each roll.

3. A crease-retaining device for hats comprising a pair of wings joined by a central portion, said device being substantially U- shaped in cross-section so as to be adapted to embrace the crease of a hat, the edge-portion of each wing being bent around in the form of a roll, said rolls providing oppositely located and longitudinally extending marginal beads, combined with a continuous line of gripping portions projecting outwardly from each roll, and additional lines of gripping portions projecting inwardly from the portions of said rolls adjacent to the oppositely disposed inner faces of said wings.

In testimony. that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of July, 1920.

JOSEPH KORN. lVitnesses FREDK. K. FRAENTZEL, BARBARA IV. S'UTTERLIN. 

